Paul Hughes, (“PAUL”) values the privacy of our users, members, and others who visit and use www.paulhughes.pro and its associated websites and services (collectively, “PAUL’s Site”) (collectively or individually “Users”).  This statement governs information you provide to us or that we learn from your use of PAUL’s Site and tells you how we may collect, use, and in some instances share this information.

The Information PAUL Collects

User Provided Information:  You may provide to PAUL what is generally called “personally identifiable” information when you register, such as your name, social security number, driver’s license number, bank account number and routing information, postal mailing address, e-mail address, business/mobile telephone number, credit card number, and curriculum vitae. “Cookies” Information:  When you visit PAUL’s Site, we may send one or more cookies – a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters – to your computer.  PAUL uses both session cookies and persistent cookies.  A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to PAUL’s Site.  By using these cookies, we can “remember” what you have done on PAUL’s Site before and personalize our site for you.  These persistent types of cookies can be removed.  Each web browser implements different functionality, so please refer to the manuals or technical support resources that are available in conjunction with your web browser to learn the correct way to modify your cookies set-up.  Please note that disabling cookies may prevent you from accessing some of the functionality and site offerings available via PAUL’s Site. “Automatically Collected” Information:  When you visit PAUL’s Site or open one of our HTML emails, we may record certain information from your web browser by using different types of technology, including “clear gifs” or “web beacons”.  This “automatically collected” information may include your Internet Protocol address (“IP Address”), web browser type, the web pages or sites that you visit just before or just after PAUL’s Site, the pages you view on our site, and the dates and times that you visit.

The Way PAUL Uses Information

PAUL uses the information that we collect to provide to you all of the features and services found on PAUL’s Site.  We will use your email address, without further consent, for non-marketing or administrative purposes such as notifying you of major site updates. PAUL may use all of the information that we collect from our Users to understand the usage trends and preferences, to improve the way PAUL’s Site works and looks, to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, and to create new features and functionality. PAUL may use automatically collected information and cookies information to: (a) remember your information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit PAUL’s Site; (b) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; and (c) monitor aggregate usage metrics such as total number of visitors and pages viewed. PAUL will not use your email address or other personally identifiable information to send promotional or marketing messages without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in.

When PAUL Discloses Information

PAUL may disclose both personally identifiable and automatically collected information to affiliated companies or other businesses or persons to process such information on our behalf, to provide website maintenance and security, to offer certain features on PAUL’s Site, to assist us in improving the way PAUL’s Site works and looks, and to create new features.  We use reasonable efforts to: (i) limit their use of such information, and (iii) see that these parties use other appropriate confidentiality and security measures. We may share automatically collected and other aggregate non-personally-identifiable information with interested third parties to assist them in understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on PAUL’s Site. Except as otherwise noted in this Privacy Policy, PAUL does not share personal information about Users with third parties unless doing so is appropriate to carry out a User’s request or it reasonably believes that doing so is legally required or is in PAUL’s interest to protect its property or other legal rights or the rights or property of others. We do not share personally identifiable information with other third-party organizations for their marketing or promotional use without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in.

Children

Consistent with the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of thirteen (13) without requiring parental consent.  Any person who provides their personal information to PAUL through PAUL’s Site represents that they are 13 years of age or older.

Links to Other Sites

PAUL may link to websites of other companies from PAUL’s Site.  You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party sites.  PAUL’s Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other websites.

Our Commitment to Data Security

No data transmissions over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  Consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.  Once we receive your transmission, we make reasonable efforts to ensure security on our systems.  We use secure server software (SSL) and firewalls to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.  However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software. If PAUL learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps.  By using PAUL’s Site or providing personal information to us, you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of PAUL’s Site.  PAUL may post a notice on PAUL’s Site if a security breach occurs.  If this happens, you will need a web browser enabling you to view PAUL’s Service.  PAUL may also send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us in these circumstances.  Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.  To receive a free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice) you should notify us via email at me@paulhughes.pro

Special Note to International Users

PAUL’s Site is hosted in the United States. If you are a User accessing PAUL’s Site from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States which does not have the same data protection laws as the EU and other regions, and by providing your personal data you consent to: * the use of your personal data for the uses identified above in accordance with the Privacy Policy; and * the transfer of your personal data to the United States as indicated above.

Changes and Updates to this Privacy Policy

We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy.  When we do, we will also revise the “Last Updated” section below.  For changes to this Privacy Policy that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of personal information that you have provided to us, we will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing the change.  We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal information we collect.  Your continued use of PAUL’s Site constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.

Contacting PAUL

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please email us at me@paulhughes.pro.

Last Updated

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 14 October 2018.